Cosmetic spreader and smoother



Sept. 25, 1951 M. N. GOODWIN COSMETIC SPREADER AND SMOOTHER Filed, Sept. 20, 1946 INVENTOR MAE-Y NASH GOODW/N ATTRNEVYS Patented Sept. 25, 1951 :3; 1. 1;";

oosMii'rlo :lREADElt AND SYMOOTHER -Mary Nash 'Goodwina'lapflahannock, Va. Application September 29,1946, Serial No. 698,159

This invention relates to a spreader an smoother for lip rouge and other cosmetic .colors and more particularly to a device composed of a stem having a head at one end thereof of suitable material and dimensions for spreading 'lip rouge on the lips such that it will. conform precisely to the desired outlines.

No completely satisfactory means of applying lip rouge is commercially available. Judging by public acceptance, lip rouge in the form of. lip; sticks is the most satisfactory, but it is quite dift flcult, if not impossible, to place the rouge exactly to the desired outline. Because of these objections, lip rouge is also-marketed in the form of a cream in flat containers from whichthe cream.

is removed and applied .to the lips either with the finger of the user or with a special brush. Because of its size and. shape, the fingeris not satisfactory for applying the rouge for substan- V tially the same reasons as the rouge in stick form, Applying the rouge by means of a brush is diflicult and soon becomes messy as the brush gets contaminated with old rouge. 1

Other attempts havebeen madeto provide a solution of the mentioned problem and among them is a proposed spreader of a hard, nonporous, finger-shaped device designed for insertion in the base of a special lipstick container. This spreader, however, is unsatisfactory because of its shape and composition and because of the contamination of the same with old lip rouge, requiring bothersome and frequent cleaning it messiness is to be avoided. It has alsobeen proposed to manufacture lip rouge in the form of 1 matches containing sufficient roug for .oneapplication, after which the lipstickis thrown away. Lipsticks of this type arenotsatisfactoryfrom a commercial standpoint because of their high cost due to several factors-namely, the construction, size, and consequent cost of the container necessary to maintain the individual sticks separate from each other and away from contact with the walls of the'container, the labor required to apply the lip rouge to the ends of the sticks and last but by no means least, the waste of rouge due to the practical necessity for applying to the sticks sufiicient rouge for users of more than average amount.

Objects of the present invention are to provide a spreader and smoother for lip rouge, eye shadow and the like which is cheap to manufacture, efiective but simple to use and not wasteful of the coloring composition. Another object is to provide a device of the above-mentioned nature which is disposable after a single use and hence 5' applied'to the center portion of the lips, which 'f 4 claims. (01. -2210) free of rouge from previous applications and therefore sanitary.

These and other objects are attained by aodevice designed merely to spread and smooth lip rouge to the outlines of the lips after it has been device comprises a substantially rigid stem of cardboard, wood, plastic or other material, having at one end thereof a small, curvilinear, smooth headcomposedof a coherent material adapted ,to spread lip rouge rather than to slide over the same when the head, after-being coated with rouge, is contacted with the lips. To accomplish this result, the head should'be composedof a porous, insoluble, pliant material, examples of the samebeing rubber,synthetic rubberor any of a number of plastics now availableonmthe market. The end of the stem and head covering the same must obviously be of suflicient rigidity an extent prohibiting adequate pressure from to prevent bending or distortion of the head to being applied for the transfer of the rouge from lips.

the applicator head to the desired areas of the The stems may be from one inch to two inches long or longer and the head should not be i more than about one-quarter of an inch in cross- -sectional diameter and preferably nearer an eighth of an inch. It may be spherical or e1- 1 -liptical or oval in shape. Heads of larger sizes prevent the'user from seeing in the mirror the exact line of contact between the device and the true; outline or the desired outline of the lips. Larger heads also make it diflicult, if not impossible, to spread rouge in a satisfactory manner,

I particularly at the curves of the so-called cupids i .Ibow on the upper lip.

" In accordance with a specific and mostimportant embodiment of the invention, the lip rouge spreader and smoothers are arranged and produced in banks in a manner similar to that in which ordinary book matches are produced. A piece of cardboard of suitable stifiness and dimensions is cut or slit in such manner as to provide a common base portion and a plurality of stems extending from said base. The free ends of the stems thereafter are separated in a suitable ma ner and either dipped in a liquid mass of the material which is to form the heads and then solidifled, or treated in any suitable manner, as by molding, for the application of the heads.

After the heads have solidified upon the cardboard stems the base may be out if necessary into I suitable widths and incorporated in a covering in the same manner as book matches. When a spreader is to be used, one is torn from the base,

the same'manner as a book of matches.

A spreader and smoother within the scope of the present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a single device and Figure 11 is a similar view of a bank of such devices in book form. With reference to the figures, there is shown a stem I and a head 2. The stem need be sufiiciently stiff only to withstand the slight pressureneededin spreading the lip .rouge on the lips and as shown is rectangular in-c'rosssection. The head in cross-section is preferably other color creams, the ends of which are detachably secured to and integral with said base, said spreader-smoothers being of a rigidity permitting effective application to the lips of cosmetic taken up thereon during use and each of which consists of a substantially rigid stem having 2. cosmetic-free head at the unattached end thereof, said head (1) being curved in all directions over its extremity, (2) having a transverse cross-secelliptical as shown. With reference to Figure II, the devices are shown in match book form, the

stems being integral with thefbaseatTiThe basej' and headed stems are protected by a .suitable cover 4 attached together byanysuitablemeans;

The devices of the present zinvention have/the- The advantage of low cost of manufacture. techniques employed in the manufacture "of matches may be used with modification only in the material applied to the ends of 'the StemS.

The devices also have the'advantage that they "are-convenient for the userand may becarried inthe pocketbookifor use away from home in The cost to the user is so 'small that it will -be' within the means of th'e whole feminine public. Of

' most importance, however, is the effectiveness with which thedevice can at one and the same tlme qiiiclily outline the lips'and smooth the-lip rouge without *requiring skill or lon practice.

Itshould b'eunderstood that the presentinvem ti'on 'is not limited to the exact'construction or 1 detallyof materials herein describe'd, but that it extends to-all equivalents which "-will occur to those skilled inthe art upon consideration of the 'cla-imsappendedhereto. V

'dclaim: v

lxAn article of manufacture comprising a base member and a plurality of cosmetic spreadersmoothers for lip rouge and other color-'creams, theends of which are detachably-securedtoand "integral with said base, said spreader-smoothers being of a rigidity permitting e'fiective application 'to'the lips of cosmetic taken up-thereon during -use and'each-ofwhich-consists of a substa'nti'ally rigid stem having a cosmetic-freehead atthe-unattachedend thereof,-said head (=1) being curved all directions-over its extremity, (2) having a transverse cross-sectional major'axis of notmore "than one-quarter of an inch and (3) being composed, of an-insoluble substantiallysmooth material' coherentjduring use.

2'. An articl-eofmanufacture comprising acard- "board base member and a pluralityof 'carboard cosmetic spreader-smoothers for lip rouge 'and tional major axis of notmore than one-quarter of an inch and "(3) being composed of an insoluble substantially smooth pliant material coherent during use. 1 $.;An"article of manufacture comprising a base member and a plurality of cosmetic spreadersmoothers for'lip rouge and other color creams,

theendsrof whichare detachably secured to and integral with said base, said spreader-smoothers 'daeing' of a rigidity permitting effective application to the lips of cosmetic taken up thereon durinngsuseand each :of which consists of a-rsu'bstan- :tiallyxrigidstem Fhaving 'a :cosmetic free :head at the amattach'ed-zend thereof, said head (1) being being of-aa rigidity permitting effective application rtoitheilips :cr cosmetic taken up thereonduring iuserandrteach of which consists of azsubstantially zrigidlstem having a cosmetic-free-head at the unmtmchedendLthereof, said head ('1) being-curved ".inr a'l'lzclirections overiits extremity, '(2)' having a transverse crosssectional' major axis of IIOtFmOIB :than one-quarter of'an inchand a'minor: axis of motzmore' than about one-eighth of an inch and (3) being composed of substantiallysmooth rubm coherentduring use.

SMARY NASH GOODWIN.

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